"the brakes business was taken over by the German company Knorr-Bremse, and is based at a site in nearby Melksham. On 17 April 1960, American singers Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, and songwriter Sharon Sheeley, were involved in a car crash in Chippenham at Rowden Hill. Cochran died as a result of his injuries and a memorial plaque was erected near the site. Each year Chippenham hosts an Eddie Cochran festival (see below). On 13 February 1998, two unexploded bombs from World War II were discovered in the field behind Hardens Mead during preparations for the building of Abbeyfield School."
"Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese ""Teddy"" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American singer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. After leaving the group over monetary disputes in 1976, Pendergrass launched a successful solo career under the Philadelphia International label, releasing four consecutive platinum albums, then a record for an African-American R&B artist. Pendergrass' career was suspended after a near-fatal car crash in March 1982 that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Pendergrass continued his successful solo career until"
"in 2002, and is featured on their album ""Live at Leeds""). The glam-rock artist Marc Bolan had his main Gibson Les Paul guitar refinished in a transparent orange to resemble the Gretsch 6120 played by Cochran, who was his music hero. He was also an influence on the guitar player Brian Setzer, of Stray Cats, who plays a 6120 almost like that of Cochran, whom he portrayed in the film ""La Bamba"". The following songs also made the following chart entries in the UK: Eddie Cochran Edward Ray Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American"
"an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. In 1954, he formed a duet with the guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), and when they split the following year, Eddie began a songwriting career with Jerry Capehart. His first success came when he performed the song ""Twenty Flight Rock"" in the film ""The Girl Can't Help It"", starring Jayne Mansfield. Soon afterwards, he signed a recording contract with Liberty Records. Cochran died at age 21 after a road accident, while travelling in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire, during his British tour in April 1960,"
"Eddie Cochran Edward Ray Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as ""Twenty Flight Rock"", ""Summertime Blues"", ""C'mon Everybody"" and ""Somethin' Else"", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. He experimented with multitrack recording, distortion techniques, and overdubbing even on his earliest singles. He played the guitar, piano, bass, and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and good-looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved an iconic status. Cochran was involved with music from"
"on ""Summertime Blues"". The recordings were issued on the album ""A Gene Vincent Record Date"". In early 1959 two of Cochran's friends, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, along with the Big Bopper, were killed in a plane crash while on tour. Cochran's friends and family later said that he was badly shaken by their deaths, and he developed a morbid premonition that he also would die young. It was shortly after their deaths that he recorded a song (written by disc jockey Tommy Dee) in tribute to them, ""Three Stars"". He was anxious to give up life on the road"
"was unable to keep up with their more technical direction. He was soon replaced by Koester's friend, Jake Green, of Melbournes's The Ocularis Infernum. On 19 December 2007, the band was on the Christmas Carnage tour supporting American band All Shall Perish. At around 7 am, The Red Shore's minibus veered off of the Pacific Highway just north of Coffs Harbour. The accident killed singer Damien Morris and driver/merchandiser Andy Milner. In the following days, fans flooded the band's MySpace page with tributes to the two. Morris was 27 at the time of his death, making him a member of"
"a part of the Third Man Records Blue Series. English singer Pete Doherty covered it during a gig at the French festival Eurockéennes de Belfort in 2009 and at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in July 2009 as well as at the Belgian festival Lokerse Feesten in August 2009. Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder covered the song at a Pearl Jam show on August 23, 2009, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. He dedicated it to Michael Jackson, to whom he grew up listening. Pearl Jam also covered the song during their Backspacer tour. Dave Matthews covered the"
"albums with GNP/Crescendo Records. Along with recording their harmonies, the two took turns in recording solos (""The Work Song,"" and ""The Things I've Saved""). Bill Munday accompanied them on his guitar, while in other songs, the Les Baxter Chorus sang back up. On August 6, 1966, Gilbert was killed in an automobile accident while driving home after a performance in the Cosmos Club in Seal Beach, California. His death marked the sudden end of the Joe and Eddie partnership. He was survived by a wife, Judy, and two sons. Eddie Brown continued to record as a solo act. As of"
"Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. Many 1960s garage bands played ""96 Tears"" in their live performances. Cover versions of ""96 Tears"" have been recorded by a number of bands and musicians, including Aretha Franklin, Thelma Houston, Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop, The Texas Tornadoes, Eddie and the Hot Rods, the Stranglers, and Garland Jeffreys. On February 24, 2011, former Mysterians drummer Eddie Serrato (born Eduardo Serrato, December 5, 1945) died from a heart attack at age 65. In October 2017, lead guitarist Robert Balderrama was diagnosed with prostate cancer. ? and the Mysterians ? and the Mysterians (also rendered"
"fatal plane crash, Tommy Dee wrote and recorded a song titled ""Three Stars"" in tribute to Richardson, Holly, and Valens. It was later recorded by Eddie Cochran, a friend of the three musicians who himself would die prematurely a year later in an automobile crash. Van Halen's song ""Good Enough"" from their 1986 album ""5150"" begins with singer Sammy Hagar calling out ""Hello Baby!"", imitating the Big Bopper's hook in ""Chantilly Lace"". Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns does the same in their song ""17 Crash"" from their 1989 album ""Cocked & Loaded"". The ""Simpsons"" episode ""Sideshow Bob Roberts"" features a"
"lead. Saunders left the act in 1992, and Harold Melvin continued to tour with various lineups of Blue Notes until suffering a stroke in 1996. Melvin died on March 24, 1997 at the age of 57 and was laid to rest at the Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. Lawrence Brown died of a respiratory condition on April 6, 2008 at age 63. In addition, three former members of the group would die during the year 2010. First, Teddy Pendergrass died of respiratory failure on January 13, 2010 at age 59, after having previously dealt with colon cancer. Six months later,"
"film featuring the Blues Brothers characters and a cover of his song ""Going Back To Miami"" is featured on the live album ""Made In America."" Wayne Cochran Talvin Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran is best known today for writing the song ""Last Kiss"", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. Talvin Wayne Cochran was born on May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Georgia, to Talvin A. Cochran, a cotton mill worker,"
"Abe Kesh Abe ""Voco"" Kesh (b. Abe Keshishian, 1933–July 3, 1989) was a San Francisco-based disc jockey and record producer. He is best-known for discovering the seminal hard rock band Blue Cheer, and for producing their first two albums, ""Vincebus Eruptum"" and ""Outsideinside"". He also produced the band's 1968 Top 10 cover of Eddie Cochran's ""Summertime Blues."" He was born in Detroit, and died at the Marin Hotel in San Rafael, where he lived the final 14 years of his life. Besides Blue Cheer, Kesh produced albums by Harvey Mandel, Graham Bond, Morning Glory, Linn County, The Savage Resurrection, Don"
"Caschera (aka. Michael Anthony) (lead vocals), Al Sebay (guitar), Gene Austin (electric bass), and Mark Barrett (drums). The band toured extensively and played every major venue in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the late 1970s through the mid-1980s with a full horn section to replicate the sound of their biggest hits. Bobby Raymond died in 1984. Harvey Kaye died on August 17, 2008 at the age of 69. Pat Upton died on July 27, 2016, after a long illness at the age of 75. Spiral Starecase The Spiral Starecase was an American pop band, best known for their"
"His Blue Caps in 1958 and was featured on several fine recordings from that period, including ""Say Mama"", ""She She Little Sheila"" and ""Ac-centu-ate the Positive"". He worked as a studio musician between 1964 and 1984, in addition to recording with Mercer Ellington and Mink DeVille, touring worldwide with Hampton, Ellington, and Vaughan, and appearing in ""The Concert for Bangladesh"". Kelso semi-retired from music in 1984, but returned to performance in 1995 with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he became a regular in 1998. He reverted to his birth name of Kelson that year as well. He died on April"
"the first two legs, Vaughan and Double Trouble co-headlined with Jeff Beck and Joe Cocker during the third and fifth legs, which were branded as ""The Fire Meets the Fury"" and ""Power and Passion"", respectively. The group had planned to embark on a European leg in September 1990, but it was canceled after Vaughan died in a helicopter crash following the East Troy concert on August 27, 1990, during a return flight to Chicago. Although the tour elicited a variety of reactions from music critics, it was generally well-received and garnered mostly favorable reviews. Along with being one of the"
"this line-up toured in support of the album in the UK, Europe and America. The new line-up soon became established with Cooper, Glover, Hunt, Adams and Neil Simpson in the early 1990s, releasing the live album ""Blues from the Attic"" in 1993 and ""Big Blues"" in 2004. Cooper died of cancer, aged 69, in July 2008. He is survived by his wife and two children. He wanted the band to continue, as the other musicians had all been long serving (Glover since 1980, Adams and Hunt since 1985, and Simpson since 1991). Cooper was replaced by singer and saxophone and"
"the ballad, and rock had returned to the American charts. Still, the label had its share of late 1970s success. Among the later hits were ""Enjoy Yourself"" by The Jacksons in 1976, and ""Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"" by McFadden & Whitehead in 1979. One song they wrote, called ""My Mood"" was adopted in 1980 as the close of WRC's Friday Night 6pm newscasts. As of 2018, WRC was still using this music. In 1982, Philadelphia International's biggest star, former Blue Notes singer Teddy Pendergrass, became paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident, and the future of the"
"originally recorded by Wayne Cochran named ""Last Kiss"". Duly recorded by the group, it was first released on Le Cam (722) and then on Tamara (761), before it became a hit in June 1964 on Josie Records (Josie 923). It reached the Top 10 in October that year, eventually reaching #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. While driving in Ohio later that year, Roush fell asleep at the wheel, and they collided head-on with another vehicle. Roush was killed and Wilson injured to the extent that he was on"
"released that year. The reunion proved to be short-lived. Bobby Lester continued to sing lead for his own Moonglows group until he succumbed to complications of cancer in 1980, at the age of 49. He was replaced by Billy McPhatter, son of Clyde McPhatter. Fuqua performed with Bobby Lester's Moonglows at the 1983 Grammy Awards ceremony, and the group toured as Harvey and the Moonglows until 1986. Bobby Lester, Jr., replaced McPhatter as lead singer of Bobby Lester's Moonglows. Billy Johnson died in Los Angeles in 1987. Barnes and Pete Graves died in 2006. Fuqua, the last surviving member of"
"Care of Business"", the Billboard Hot 100 #1 ""You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"" from 1974, and ""Let it Ride"". Burton Cummings, who had been lead singer of the Guess Who, had a successful solo career with softer hits including ""Stand Tall"", ""Scared"", and ""Break it to Them Gently"". In spite of the breakup of the Guess Who, several of Cummings’ solo songs featured Bachman on guitar. Bachman and Cummings continue to perform together on occasion under the banner Bachman-Cummings. Tom Cochrane, a rocker originally from the town of Lynn Lake in Northern Manitoba, rose to fame with his band Red"
"R&B chart, before she returned to Atlantic for one more record with Vera, ""Reaching For The Moon"" and a final solo hit ""Greatest Love"" (# 45 R&B in 1970). Subsequently, she worked as a backing vocalist with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Donny Hathaway and Wilson Pickett. Stricken with a brain tumour in 1979, she returned to gospel music shortly after her recovery, and sang occasionally with Cissy Houston's gospel choir in Newark, New Jersey. After being involved in a car accident, she died a few weeks later of complications. She was 62 years old. She was survived by"
"was a policeman) to make their living from music. Apart from performing in the UK, they also occasionally played in Hamburg (Star-Club, Top Ten Club) and in Cologne (Storyville). Ward-Davies had acquired his nickname when he unwrapped a chocolate bar before absent-mindedly discarding the bar and attempting to eat the wrapper. Vocalist Dave Dee, the ex-policeman, was at the scene of the motoring accident that took the life of the American rock and roller Eddie Cochran and injured Gene Vincent in April 1960. In summer 1964, the British songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley became interested in recording them. The"
"(2004), Aimee Mann (2005), and Sarah McLachlan (2006). McLachlan also did a version of ""Blue"" in 1996, and Cat Power recorded a cover of ""Blue"" in 2008. Other Mitchell covers include the famous ""Woodstock"" by both Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Matthews Southern Comfort, ""This Flight Tonight"" by Nazareth, and well-known versions of ""Woodstock"" by Eva Cassidy and ""A Case of You"" by Tori Amos, Michelle Branch, Jane Monheit, Prince, Diana Krall, James Blake, and Ana Moura. A 40th anniversary version of ""Woodstock"" was released in 2009 by Nick Vernier Band featuring Ian Matthews (formerly of Matthews Southern Comfort)."
"Wayne Cochran Talvin Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran is best known today for writing the song ""Last Kiss"", which he performed with the C.C. Riders. Talvin Wayne Cochran was born on May 10, 1939, in Thomaston, Georgia, to Talvin A. Cochran, a cotton mill worker, and the former Mini Lee Starley, who came from a farming family. Influenced by the country and rhythm and blues music he heard on the"
"than 100 songs during his career. He died at the age of 69 from brain cancer in Nashville, Tennessee. Jerry Capehart Jerry Neil Capehart (August 22, 1928 – June 7, 1998) was a songwriter and music manager. Capehart co-wrote the famous rock 'n' roll songs ""Summertime Blues"" and ""C'mon Everybody"" with Eddie Cochran, whom he also managed. One of his most-recorded songs, ""Turn Around, Look at Me,"" was a chart hit for Glen Campbell (his first), the Lettermen, and the Vogues. He died in Nashville, Tennessee. Eddie Cochran's 1958 recordings of Capehart compositions reached #8 and #35 respectively on the"
"victims in Western Africa and preventing its spread. As in previous incarnations, the group covered the track ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"", written in 1984 by Geldof and Ure. The song was recorded by some of the biggest-selling current British and Irish pop acts, including One Direction, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé, Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora. Bastille and Take That also took part, along with Chris Martin (Coldplay) and Bono (U2)—the third time he contributed to a Band Aid recording. Their version of the song debuted at the chart's summit during the week of its release, then dropped"
"and all movement had to cease. As Holiday began singing, only a small spotlight illuminated her face. On the final note, all lights went out, and when they came back on, Holiday was gone. Holiday said her father, Clarence Holiday, was denied medical treatment for a fatal lung disorder because of racial prejudice and that singing ""Strange Fruit"" reminded her of the incident. ""It reminds me of how Pop died, but I have to keep singing it, not only because people ask for it, but because twenty years after Pop died the things that killed him are still happening in"
"Jerry Capehart Jerry Neil Capehart (August 22, 1928 – June 7, 1998) was a songwriter and music manager. Capehart co-wrote the famous rock 'n' roll songs ""Summertime Blues"" and ""C'mon Everybody"" with Eddie Cochran, whom he also managed. One of his most-recorded songs, ""Turn Around, Look at Me,"" was a chart hit for Glen Campbell (his first), the Lettermen, and the Vogues. He died in Nashville, Tennessee. Eddie Cochran's 1958 recordings of Capehart compositions reached #8 and #35 respectively on the Billboard Pop charts. Besides managing Cochran, Capehart was manager for actor and impressonist Frank Gorshin and vocalists Rosemary Clooney"
"made reference to the song title in the lyrics of ""It's No Game"" on 1979's ""Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"". Showaddywaddy's 1975 cover version of this song was also a hit, reaching No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart. Three Steps to Heaven (song) ""Three Steps to Heaven"" is a song co-written and recorded by Eddie Cochran, released in 1960. The record became a posthumous UK number-one hit for Cochran following his death in a car accident in April 1960. In the US it did not reach the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Three Steps To Heaven"""
"Who"", resumed their Guess Who touring schedule of around sixty dates a year, with ""Lewsh"" Shaw back on keyboards, Carl Dixon on vocals and returning guitarist Bobby Bilan, who was replaced by Laurie MacKenzie in 2006. In 2007 Bachman and Cummings began recording together; unable to use ""The Guess Who"" name, they issued the album ""Jukebox"" as ""Bachman Cummings"". The Guess Who continue to perform live dates on a regular basis. Dixon continued as the group's lead singer through 2008, until he was severely injured in an automobile accident in Australia on April 14 of that year. Dixon was briefly"
"or Cry: My Life in Verse"". After the book was published she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Ned Fairchild Nelda ""Ned"" Fairchild (August 26, 1929 in Burley, Idaho - May 3, 2015) was an American songwriter. Her best known work is the 1957 rock'n'roll hit ""Twenty Flight Rock"", on which a co-writing credit was given to rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran. Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to ""Twenty Flight Rock"", a much-admired staple of the bands"